Earlier this week I came across several articles posted on my friends facebook pages noting that Obamacare has reached a whole new level or that we are moving towards Communism with this new health bill so, obviously, I was curious to read more about what in the world they were talking about. Here are several news articles that delve into this same issue:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WKEd5WsMJO4
http://www.politicususa.com/2013/10/02/its-amazing-people-obamacare.html
The video above notes the tax dollars needed to put forth the new health care plan but it mostly discusses how these tax dollars are being used to invade your privacy through a "forced" home search. When I first heard about how the new health care bill has forced home searches I was baffled at the issue because I wanted to get to the bottom of the story knowing that it truly could not allow home invasions because it would be against our rights. Then, I stumbled upon the article on Politicus USA called, Its Amazing What People Believe About Obamacare. Deborah Foster, the writer of the article, notes several different websites she encourages individuals should use to fact check claims made or stories seen on media outlets. Obviously the many posts stating forced entry are incorrect. The health care bill does state that there will be home visits to any families or individuals using government health care, but these visits are voluntary and most likely will not be unannounced. These visits are voluntary because said inviduals or families are receiving the government funded medical insurance and they would not have to comply if they would rather switch to a different insurance. Finally, there are several people in the community that are under the government health insurance that would benefit from guidance or assistance.
Sunday, October 27, 2013
Thursday, October 17, 2013
Can we say Biased!
So here are two articles I came across that are both describing the lifted furlough and the next steps the US government should make.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-24563189
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2013/10/17/with-budget-deal-national-debt-free-to-soar-again/
The first article, US Governmental Employees Head Back to Work, describes how Obama signed the deal ending the shutdown and extending the debt limit. It later describes how this decision by Obama was very much needed but it still does not resolve the budgetary issues that the Democrats and Republicans have continuously fought over. However, this decision does create a committee with mixed party members that are supposed to craft a long term budget. Finally, the article notes Obama's views on how the Republican's tactics during the shutdown caused more harm to the population.
The second article on Fox news, With Budget 'deal' national debt free to soar again, is a similar article but it talks about the national debt and what our government will do. It notes that this debt increase is the sixth since Obama took office (three times when Democrats controlled Congress and three times when Republicans controlled the house). Then the article continues to describe and note percentages of how much the debt has risen under Obama's terms. In addition, "Republicans have been more modestly emboldened in their push for spending cuts after the dire consequences that administration officials said would emerge."
After reading these two articles the reader can note clear differences in the journalists viewpoints towards budget spending, Obama, and the conflict amongst Republicans and Democrats. I feel as if the BBC article is simply stating more of the facts, besides stating Obamacare instead of calling the health plan by its full name, and the Fox news article is leaning more towards the Republican viewpoint. It is evident in the Fox article that they want to make sure the reader knows that the national debt is increasing because of Obama and that there was such a delay in lifting the furlough because Obama would not budge. In the BBC article I found there is not much information on the Republican standpoint and more direct quotes from Obama on the issue which is very biased and against the Republican party.
Have you noticed that news articles on the same subject read completely differently due to the bias that is, almost always, introduced into the material? I know each reader should keep their mind open, but do you believe that in todays society he population only reads one article and believes that the information given is true???
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-24563189
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2013/10/17/with-budget-deal-national-debt-free-to-soar-again/
The first article, US Governmental Employees Head Back to Work, describes how Obama signed the deal ending the shutdown and extending the debt limit. It later describes how this decision by Obama was very much needed but it still does not resolve the budgetary issues that the Democrats and Republicans have continuously fought over. However, this decision does create a committee with mixed party members that are supposed to craft a long term budget. Finally, the article notes Obama's views on how the Republican's tactics during the shutdown caused more harm to the population.
The second article on Fox news, With Budget 'deal' national debt free to soar again, is a similar article but it talks about the national debt and what our government will do. It notes that this debt increase is the sixth since Obama took office (three times when Democrats controlled Congress and three times when Republicans controlled the house). Then the article continues to describe and note percentages of how much the debt has risen under Obama's terms. In addition, "Republicans have been more modestly emboldened in their push for spending cuts after the dire consequences that administration officials said would emerge."
After reading these two articles the reader can note clear differences in the journalists viewpoints towards budget spending, Obama, and the conflict amongst Republicans and Democrats. I feel as if the BBC article is simply stating more of the facts, besides stating Obamacare instead of calling the health plan by its full name, and the Fox news article is leaning more towards the Republican viewpoint. It is evident in the Fox article that they want to make sure the reader knows that the national debt is increasing because of Obama and that there was such a delay in lifting the furlough because Obama would not budge. In the BBC article I found there is not much information on the Republican standpoint and more direct quotes from Obama on the issue which is very biased and against the Republican party.
Have you noticed that news articles on the same subject read completely differently due to the bias that is, almost always, introduced into the material? I know each reader should keep their mind open, but do you believe that in todays society he population only reads one article and believes that the information given is true???
Saturday, October 12, 2013
Media on repeat?
As everyone is aware, the Government is still shutdown because of continuous debates and a standoff between Republicans and Democrats. I read an article today about the subject and there is clearly still a political stalemate making the US Governmental shutdown continue. The BBC noted in the article that for the first time in weeks the Senate held direct talks for the first time. My question for this is why did the Senate not do direct talks earlier?
In addition, the media, of course, has continued their coverage of the issue but one needs to ask, does the medias coverage and information help or worsen the communities ideas of the subject. The media outlets keep information flowing about the government shutdown just so the community will stay informed about what is going on; however, many of the articles I have read have the same information with just a couple new political stances or statements from politicians. This new article on BBC about the Senate opening direct talks was the first article, that I have seen, that has completely new information on the subject. This problem may be because the Government has not made any moves that are notable towards lifting the governmental shutdown, but I know it is also because of the medias trend. I find that this continuous repeated information through the mass media hinders the publics opinion of the media.
Have you noticed media outlets, during an issue, continue to promote the same information over and over and over again?
In addition, the media, of course, has continued their coverage of the issue but one needs to ask, does the medias coverage and information help or worsen the communities ideas of the subject. The media outlets keep information flowing about the government shutdown just so the community will stay informed about what is going on; however, many of the articles I have read have the same information with just a couple new political stances or statements from politicians. This new article on BBC about the Senate opening direct talks was the first article, that I have seen, that has completely new information on the subject. This problem may be because the Government has not made any moves that are notable towards lifting the governmental shutdown, but I know it is also because of the medias trend. I find that this continuous repeated information through the mass media hinders the publics opinion of the media.
Have you noticed media outlets, during an issue, continue to promote the same information over and over and over again?
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